Heating Earth
Atmosphere
Clouds
Water Cycle
Oceans Currents
100
What is kinetic energy?
Energy of motion
100
What is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere?
The troposphere is the lowest and is where we live.
100
How are clouds formed?
Water evaporates then condenses.
100
Define precipitation
Any water that falls back to Earth
100
What is salinity?
The amount of salt
200
What cools and warms the fastest?
Air cools and warms the fastest.
200
What layer of the atmosphere is the highest?
The exosphere
200
Why can you see clouds?
The water becomes a liquid or solid
200
The phase change from water vapor to water
Condensation
200
What is current?
How the ocean moves
300
What is the source of most of Earth's heat?
Solar energy
300
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere feels the hottest?
The stratosphere
300
How many different clouds are there?
7 different types
300
Define evaporation
Evaporation is the phase change from water to water vapor.
300
TRUE OR FALSE
There is an El Nina
True
400
What is conduction?
When heat is transferred through direct contact
400
The exosphere is the hottest but you can't feel any heat. Why is this?
The molecules are spaced to far apart.
400
What is the dark rain clouds called?
Nimbostratus
400
Evaporation through plants
Transpiration
400
The rising of cold, deep water is called what?
Upwelling
500
What is heat?
A measure of how much energy there is
500
What is the range of the mesosphere in kilometers?
50 kilometers-80 kilometers
500
Name all the cloud types
Cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus, stratocumulus, altostratus, cirrocumulus, and cirrus
500
Make a diagram of the water cycle.
500
Define El Nino
When trade winds weaken